The Washington Capitals beat the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday night! Their seventh game with goalie hugs in a row! The Winnipeg Jets are basically the Washington Capitals of the West, in terms of hugging, but the Capitals got three goal hugs AND a goalie hug line, so…the Jets are, like, the lower case capitals of the west.

For a recap of all the hockey that happened, Mr. Cerullo’s recap has you coveredand he’ll have the number for you in the morning! What a man, what a man, what a mighty good, etc.

For everything but the hockey (…and a little bit of the hockey when it’s relevant to emotional narratives arcs), here’s all the miscellaneous you may have missed!

Pregame

Carl Hagelin looks good in the top penalty-killing unit and this suit.

Photo: @capitals

I don’t even know what to say about Holtby in this suit. Too busy framing it to talk rn.

Photo: @capitals

It’s typically a rookie’s job to clear pucks out of the net during practice and pre-game. It’s nice of Andre to do it, and rituals become entrenched for various reasons, but…does he know he’s no longer the baby of the team? If not…let’s not tell him. Ignorance is bliss, babes.

Holtby bonked Bonky on the head with his goalie stick during warmups. (h/t @dragonscrawl for figuring out which goalie it was!)

During the “Game”

…later on, someone knocked Bonky head-first into the boards. Twice. Not as nice.

Ovechkin had a difference of opinion with a referee.

i'm not great at lipreading & or russian, but i'm pretty sure ovi was saying

"dear referee, please reconsider your previous call. i believe it was erroneous and based on either misperception or incomplete information. thank you for your time! best wishes to you & yours, ovi. 😘" pic.twitter.com/3L3ijjhJJ8

The game was relatively shenanigan-free, but this Patrick Smith shot of the one major kerfluffle is akin to a rennaisance painting. Plus, TJ Oshie protecting a fallen Ben Chiarot is a maneuver familiar to heroes and parents of small children everywhere.

Photo: Patrick Smith/Getty Images

HUGS!

The Winnipeg Jets are half-way decent huggers. We shan’t have need to discuss it any further.